Masal village in the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran is a hub of growing daffodil flowers in Iran. These flowers are now being sold to customers ahead of the Persian New Year.
Photo by Gholam-Reza Shams Nateri, Fars News Agency
Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has cited clues to a possible “biological attack” on Iran in the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, ordering the Armed Forces to set up a “health and medical base” to organize the efforts to prevent the spread of the disease.
In a letter to the UN chief, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has denounced the US’ sanctions as a major obstacle to the Islamic Republic’s fight against the novel coronavirus epidemic, urging that such unilateral and illegal sanctions should end.
President of Iran Hassan Rouhani has ordered the Ministry of Labour to allocate government handouts to the unemployed and those without a fixed income amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus that has affected many economic sectors.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Thursday, March 12, 2020, and picked headlines from 10 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
The outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Iran has forced the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism to abort the nationwide Nowruz celebrations and enforce the closure of all museums as well as the cultural and historic sites in the new year’s holidays across the country.
Permanent Representation of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has held the US government accountable for the lack of full implementation of chemical disarmament due to its failure to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons.
Iranian First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri has issued an order to provide special support for the female-householder families and mitigate the harmful effects of the novel coronavirus outbreak on them.
Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has been elected as one of the vice-chairs of the Executive Council of the OPCW.
There are conflicting reports that several Iranian authorities including the first vice-president and two ministers have been infected with the novel coronavirus after the contagious disease broke out in the country more than three week ago.
IRGC Spokesman General Ramezan Sharif has highlighted the major role the IRGC and Basij (mobilization) forces play in containing the coronavirus in Iran. explaining their latest efforts to provide health services for the patients with the infectious disease.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson has dismissed the US’ claim that pharmaceuticals are exempted from the anti-Iran sanctions, saying Washington has practically halted the delivery of medicine to Iran and obstructed the activities of a Swiss channel for medicine transfers.
Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has downplayed recent concerns raised by the International Atomic Energy Agency over Iran’s refusal to permit its experts to access two nuclear “sites”, saying the IAEA has recklessly misused the phrase.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, and picked headlines from 11 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iran’s Health Ministry spokesman says the application of an indigenized version of Roche’s “Actemra” medicine has resulted in relative improvement of symptoms in some serious cases of coronavirus infections, but it is too soon to make any judgment.
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Iran’s Health Ministry says the number of Coronavirus infections has increased to 9,000, out of whom 354 have died and 2,959 have recovered and been discharged from hospital.
As Iran is severely hit by the outbreak of a novel coronavirus, many nurses and doctors have volunteered to work in the special centres for treatment of COVID-19 patients. Among them is a retired nurse who has returned to help tackle the nationwide crisis.
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has urged the entire nation to take the novel coronavirus seriously ahead of the Persian New Year holidays, vowing that the government is working hard to minimise the COVID-19’s tolls on the people’s lives.
